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Activists Rally in Historic Buildings' Defense.
(From The Moscow Times)
Preservationists outlined a new stage in their battle for Moscow's architectural heritage at an exhibition last week, posting pictures of the architectural gems they fear will be destroyed or disfigured by the current development boom.
As any hope of influencing the redevelopment of high-profile projects like the Manezh exhibition center and the Moskva Hotel has long since disappeared, the focus of activists has moved on.
Instead, the projects attracting preservationists' attention today include three neoclassical 1830s storehouses threatened with a 14-story addition and the possible demolition of part of a theater built to rival the Bolshoi.
However, the exhibition mostly featured industrial buildings around the capital that its organizers, the Moscow Architectural Preservation Society, fear are underappreciated and under threat by City Hall plans.
According to MAPS activist Marina Khrustaleva, rather than preserving the city's architectural heritage, the norm in Moscow is for developers to knock buildings down and start again -- a process she said cost more but brought bigger, quicker profits and destroyed the historical fabric of the city.
"We think all buildings have historical potential," Khrustaleva said. "If the architect understands this and it can be brought out in the project, the results are usually strong."
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